John L. Stensby, Ph.D.

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Education

Biography

coming soon

Research Expertise

Communications Theory and Systems, Phase Lock Techniques and Synchronization Methods/Theory, Radio Frequency (RF) Design, Applied Mathematics

Honors & Awards

• IEEE Outstanding Educator Award 1995 (IEEE Huntsville Section)

• Wernher Von Braun Faculty Fellow (1984-1986)

Recent Publications

J. Stensby, PLL Bifurcation Analysis via Smooth Periodic Extension, 44th Symposium on System Theory, Jacksonville, FL, March 2012.

A. Huque, J. Stensby, An Exact Formula for the Pull-Out Frequency of a 2nd-Order Type II Phase Lock Loop, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 15, No. 12, Dec. 2011.

J. Stensby, An Exact Formula for the Half-Plane Pull-In Range of a PLL, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 348, Issue 4, May 2011.

A. Huque and J. Stensby, Comparison of Pull-out Frequencies of 2nd-order Type II PLLs Southeastcon 2011, Nashville, TN, March 2011

J. Stensby, Computing the Half-Plane Pull-In Range of a PLL, 42th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Tyler, TX, March 2010.

J. Stensby, VCO Sweep-Rate Limit for a Phase-Lock Loop, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 346, Issue 3, April 2009.

J. Stensby, “Computing the VCO Sweep Rate Limit for a Second-Order PLL,” Southeastcon 2008, Huntsville, AL, April 2008.

J. Stensby, An Approximation of the Pull-Out Frequency Parameter in a Second-Order PLL, SSST2006, Cookville, TN, March 2006.

J. Stensby, An Improved Lock Detector for Phase-Locked Communication Receivers, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 342, Issue 2, March 2005.

J.L. Stensby, Phase Locked Loops, Theory and Application, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1997 (ISBN: 0-8493-9471-6).

B. Harb, J.L. Stensby, The Half-Plane Pull-In Range of a Second-Order Phase-Locked Loop, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 333, No. 2, pp. 191-199, 1996.

J.L. Stensby, B. Harb, Computing the Half-Plane Pull-In Range of Second-Order PLLs, Electronics Letters, Vol. 31, No. 11, May 25, 1995.

J.L. Stensby, Saddle Node Bifurcation at a Nonhyperbolic Limit Cycle In a Phase Locked Loop, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 330, No. 5, pp. 775-786, Sept.1993.